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    Independent Spirit Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Passing

      6.6 (17K)
      Eduard Grau
    • [object Object]

      Blue Bayou

      7.1 (11K)
      Ante Cheng
      Matthew Chuang
    • [object Object]

      The Humans

      6.1 (12K)
      Lol Crawley
    • [object Object]

      A Chiara

      6.8 (2.5K)
      Tim Curtin
    • [object Object]

      Zola

      6.4 (19K)
      Ari Wegner

    Best Director

    • Maggie Gyllenhaal at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
      Winner
      • Maggie Gyllenhaal
      • The Lost Daughter
    • Janicza Bravo
      • Janicza Bravo
      • Zola
    • Lauren Hadaway
      • Lauren Hadaway
      • The Novice
    • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
      • Mike Mills
      • C'mon C'mon
    • Ninja Thyberg
      • Ninja Thyberg
      • Pleasure

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

      8.0 (15K)
      Questlove
      David Dinerstein
      Robert Fyvolent
      Joseph Patel
    • [object Object]

      Ascension

      7.0 (4.4K)
      Jessica Kingdon
      Kira Simon-Kennedy
      Nathan Truesdell
    • [object Object]

      Flee

      7.9 (21K)
      Jonas Poher Rasmussen
      Monica Hellström
      Signe Byrge Sørensen
    • [object Object]

      In the Same Breath

      7.5 (1.9K)
      Nanfu Wang
      Christopher Clements
      Julie Goldman
      Carolyn Hepburn
      Jialing Zhang
    • [object Object]

      Procession

      7.1 (1.5K)
      Robert Greene
      Susan Bedusa
      Bennett Elliott
      Douglas Tirola

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Zola

      6.4 (19K)
      Joi McMillon
    • [object Object]

      A Chiara

      6.8 (2.5K)
      Affonso Gonçalves
    • [object Object]

      The Nowhere Inn

      5.7 (1.7K)
      Ali Greer
    • [object Object]

      The Novice

      6.5 (7.6K)
      Lauren Hadaway
      Nathan Nugent
    • [object Object]

      The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

      7.1 (1.9K)
      Enrico Natale

    Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Reservation Dogs

      8.3 (27K)
      Devery Jacobs
      D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
      Lane Factor
      Paulina Alexis
      Sarah Podemski
      Zahn McClarnon
      Lil Mike
      Funny Bone

    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lost Daughter

      6.7 (79K)
      Charles Dorfman
      Maggie Gyllenhaal
      Osnat Handelsman-Keren
      Talia Kleinhendler
    • [object Object]

      A Chiara

      6.8 (2.5K)
      Jonas Carpignano
      Paolo Carpignano
      Jon Coplon
      Ryan Zacarias
    • [object Object]

      C'mon C'mon

      7.3 (42K)
      Chelsea Barnard
      Andrea Longacre-White
      Lila Yacoub
    • [object Object]

      The Novice

      6.5 (7.6K)
      Ryan Hawkins
      Kari Hollend
      Steven Sims
      Zack Zucker
    • [object Object]

      Zola

      6.4 (19K)
      Kara Baker
      Dave Franco
      Elizabeth Haggard
      David Hinojosa
      Vince Jolivette
      Christine Vachon
      Gia Walsh

    Best Female Lead

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Zola

      6.4 (19K)
      Taylour Paige
    • [object Object]

      Catch the Fair One

      6.3 (2.7K)
      Kali Reis
    • [object Object]

      Together Together

      6.4 (9.8K)
      Patti Harrison
    • [object Object]

      Test Pattern

      6.4 (907)
      Brittany S. Hall
    • [object Object]

      The Novice

      6.5 (7.6K)
      Isabelle Fuhrman

    Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Underground Railroad

      7.4 (9.2K)
      Thuso Mbedu
    • [object Object]

      We Are Lady Parts

      8.3 (7.4K)
      Anjana Vasan
    • [object Object]

      Rutherford Falls

      6.8 (3.2K)
      Jana Schmieding
    • [object Object]

      Blindspotting

      6.6 (1.8K)
      Jasmine Cephas Jones
    • [object Object]

      Them

      7.5 (32K)
      Deborah Ayorinde

    Best First Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      7 Days

      6.5 (1.6K)
      Roshan Sethi
      Liz Cardenas
      Mel Eslyn
    • [object Object]

      Holler

      6.2 (1.7K)
      Nicole Riegel
      Adam Cobb
      Rachel Gould
      Katie McNeill
      Jamie Patricof
      Christy Spitzer Thornton
    • [object Object]

      Queen of Glory

      6.5 (442)
      Nana Mensah
      Baff Akoto
      Anya Migdal
      Kelley Robins Hicks
      Jamund Washington
    • [object Object]

      Test Pattern

      6.4 (907)
      Shatara Michelle Ford
      Pin-Chun Liu
      Yu-Hao Su
    • [object Object]

      Wild Indian

      5.8 (1.8K)
      Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
      Thomas Mahoney
      Eric Tavitian

    Best First Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pig

      6.9 (101K)
      Michael Sarnoski
      Vanessa Block
    • [object Object]

      Wild Indian

      5.8 (1.8K)
      Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
    • [object Object]

      Test Pattern

      6.4 (907)
      Shatara Michelle Ford
    • [object Object]

      Mass

      7.6 (19K)
      Fran Kranz
    • [object Object]

      Cicada

      6.7 (1.3K)
      Matthew Fifer
      Sheldon D. Brown

    Best International Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Drive My Car

      7.5 (74K)
      Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
      Japan
    • [object Object]

      Compartment Number 6

      7.2 (18K)
      Juho Kuosmanen
      Finland/Russia
    • [object Object]

      Parallel Mothers

      7.1 (39K)
      Pedro Almodóvar
      Spain
    • [object Object]

      Pebbles

      7.0 (1K)
      P.S. Vinothraj
      India
    • [object Object]

      Petite Maman

      7.4 (20K)
      Céline Sciamma
      France
    • [object Object]

      Prayers for the Stolen

      7.3 (4.5K)
      Tatiana Huezo
      Mexico

    Best Male Lead

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Red Rocket

      7.1 (41K)
      Simon Rex
    • [object Object]

      Jockey

      6.3 (1.5K)
      Clifton Collins Jr.
    • [object Object]

      The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

      7.1 (1.9K)
      Frankie Faison
    • [object Object]

      Wild Indian

      5.8 (1.8K)
      Michael Greyeyes
    • [object Object]

      Swan Song

      7.0 (3.9K)
      Udo Kier

    Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Squid Game

      8.0 (710K)
      Lee Jung-jae
    • [object Object]

      It's a Sin

      8.6 (40K)
      Olly Alexander
    • [object Object]

      Rutherford Falls

      6.8 (3.2K)
      Michael Greyeyes
    • [object Object]

      The White Lotus

      8.0 (292K)
      Murray Bartlett
    • [object Object]

      Them

      7.5 (32K)
      Ashley Thomas

    Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black and Missing

      6.9 (302)
      Soledad O'Brien
      Geeta Gandbhir
      Jo Honig
      Patrick Conway
      Nancy Abraham
      Lisa Heller
      Sara Rodriguez
    • [object Object]

      The Choe Show

      8.3 (590)
      David Choe
      Matt Revelli
      Christopher C. Chen
      Hiro Murai
      Nate Matteson
    • [object Object]

      The Lady and the Dale

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Mark Duplass
      Jay Duplass
      Mel Eslyn
      Allen Bain
      Andre Gaines
      Nick Cammilleri
      Alana Carithers
      Zackary Drucker
      Nancy Abraham
      Lisa Heller
    • [object Object]

      Nuclear Family

      8.0 (63)
      Ry Russo-Young
      Liz Garbus
      Julie Gaither
      Jon Bardin
      Leah Holzer
      Peter Saraf
      Alex Turtletaub
      Jenny Raskin
      Geralyn White Dreyfous
      Lauren Haber
      Maria Zuckerman
      Christine Connor
      Ryan Heller
      Barbara Dobkin
      Eric Dobkin
      Andrea van Beuren
      Joe Landauer
    • [object Object]

      Philly D.A.

      8.1 (273)
      Ted Passon
      Yoni Brook
      Nicole Salazar
      Josh Penn
      Michael Gottwald
      Dawn Porter
      Sally Jo Fifer
      Lois Vossen
      Ryan Chanatry
      Gena Konstantinakos
      Jeff Seelbach
      Patty Quillin
      Nion McEvoy
      Leslie Berriman

    Best New Scripted Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Reservation Dogs

      8.3 (27K)
      Sterlin Harjo
      Taika Waititi
      Garrett Basch
    • [object Object]

      Blindspotting

      6.6 (1.8K)
      Rafael Casal
      Daveed Diggs
      Keith Calder
      Jess Wu Calder
      Ken Lee
      Tim Palen
      Emily Gerson Saines
      Seith Mann
    • [object Object]

      It's a Sin

      8.6 (40K)
      Russell T. Davies
      Peter Hoar
      Nicola Shindler
    • [object Object]

      The Underground Railroad

      7.4 (9.2K)
      Barry Jenkins
      Adele Romanski
      Mark Ceryak
      Brad Pitt
      Dede Gardner
      Jeremy Kleiner
      Colson Whitehead
      Richard Heus
      Jacqueline Hoyt
    • [object Object]

      We Are Lady Parts

      8.3 (7.4K)
      Nida Manzoor
      Tim Bevan
      Eric Fellner
      Surian Fletcher-Jones
      Mark Freeland

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lost Daughter

      6.7 (79K)
      Maggie Gyllenhaal
    • [object Object]

      C'mon C'mon

      7.3 (42K)
      Mike Mills
    • [object Object]

      Swan Song

      7.0 (3.9K)
      Todd Stephens
    • [object Object]

      Together Together

      6.4 (9.8K)
      Nikole Beckwith
    • [object Object]

      Zola

      6.4 (19K)
      Jeremy O. Harris
      Janicza Bravo

    Best Supporting Female

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Passing

      6.6 (17K)
      Ruth Negga
    • [object Object]

      The Lost Daughter

      6.7 (79K)
      Jessie Buckley
    • [object Object]

      The Novice

      6.5 (7.6K)
      Amy Forsyth
    • [object Object]

      Pleasure

      6.3 (25K)
      Zelda Morrison
    • [object Object]

      Red Rocket

      7.1 (41K)
      Suzanna Son

    Best Supporting Male

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      CODA

      8.0 (181K)
      Troy Kotsur
    • [object Object]

      Zola

      6.4 (19K)
      Colman Domingo
    • [object Object]

      Queen of Glory

      6.5 (442)
      Meeko
    • [object Object]

      Sweet Thing

      7.0 (1.5K)
      Will Patton
    • [object Object]

      Wild Indian

      5.8 (1.8K)
      Chaske Spencer

    John Cassavetes Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shiva Baby

      7.1 (40K)
      Emma Seligman
      Kieran Altmann
      Katie Schiller
      Lizzie Shapiro
    • [object Object]

      Cryptozoo

      6.4 (2.3K)
      Dash Shaw
      Tyler Davidson
      Kyle Martin
      Jane Samborski
      Bill Way
    • [object Object]

      Jockey

      6.3 (1.5K)
      Clint Bentley
      Greg Kwedar
      Nancy Schafer
    • [object Object]

      Sweet Thing

      7.0 (1.5K)
      Alexandre Rockwell
      Louis Anania
      Haley Elizabeth Anderson
      Kenan Baysal
    • [object Object]

      This Is Not a War Story

      5.4 (151)
      Talia Lugacy
      Noah Lang
      Julian West

    Robert Altman Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mass

      7.6 (19K)
      Fran Kranz
      Henry Russell Bergstein
      Allison Estrin
      Kagen Albright
      Reed Birney
      Michelle N. Carter
      Ann Dowd
      Jason Isaacs
      Martha Plimpton
      Breeda Wool

    Truer Than Fiction Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Faya Dayi

      6.8 (750)
      Jessica Beshir
    • [object Object]

      Try Harder!

      7.3 (532)
      Debbie Lum
    • [object Object]

      North by Current

      6.3 (151)
      Angelo Madsen

    Producers Award

    Edit
    • Lizzie Shapiro
      Winner
      • Lizzie Shapiro
      • Brad Becker-Parton
    • Pin-Chun Liu
      • Pin-Chun Liu

    Someone to Watch Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Luzzu

      6.9 (2.1K)
      Alex Camilleri
    • [object Object]

      I Blame Society

      5.4 (1.2K)
      Gillian Wallace Horvat
    • [object Object]

      Pig

      6.9 (101K)
      Michael Sarnoski

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    • Independent Spirit Awards

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